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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2011
Radhika Chirra, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard J. Knight, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Rashmi Narasimhan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Radhika Chirra, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Nikhil Hegde, Round Rock, TX (US);
Richard J. Knight, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Rashmi Narasimhan, Round Rock, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A kernel extension is configured to intercept a call to associate a socket with a port of a node in a network. The call originates from a kernel of the node. The kernel extension is configured to determine the port from the call. The kernel extension is configured to determine that the port is one of a plurality of ports for which the node has authority to modify firewall rules of a firewall of the network. The kernel extension is configured to modify firewall rules maintained by the firewall to allow communications for the port to the node through the firewall.